. >> all day, people surveyed the damage, the worst of it in the boroughs like staten island. >> when they tell you to stay inside, stay inside. >> sandy is pushing in land, blizzards are paralyzing parts of west virginia and tennessee. president barack obama has warned that the storm is not over. >> my instruction to the federal agencies have been not to figure out why we can do something, i want you to figure out how to do something. i want you to cut through red tape and bureaucracy. there is no excuse for an action at this point. i want every agency to lean forward and make sure we are getting the resources where they need to be gotten as quickly as possible. >> the president will be touring atlantic city and later. this is where the storm came on shore. barack obama is off the campaign trail for now, but in the cynical game of politics, the images of the president in command doing his job are invaluable. his efforts have been praised by a republican, chris christie. mitt romney turned his campaign stops in to storm relief events, hoping to stay in the picture. >> i would like to